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Richard Brathwait or Brathwaite (1588 – 4 May 1673) was an English
He was the author of many works of very unequal merit, of which the best known is ''Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys'', which records his pilgrimages through
poet
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Life
Brathwait was born at Burnishead, nearKendal
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. He entered Oriel College, Oxford
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in 1604, and remained there for some years, pursuing the study of poetry and Roman history. He moved to Cambridge
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to study law at the university
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and afterwards to London to the Inns of Court
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. His father, Thomas, died in 1610, and Brathwait went down to live on the estate he inherited. He was married at Hurworth in County Durham
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, 4 May 1617, to Frances, daughter of James Lawson, of Nesham Abbey.
In 1633 his wife died, and in 1639 he married again. His only son by this second marriage, Sir Strafford Brathwait, was killed at sea. Brathwait is believed to have served with the Royalist
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army in the Civil War
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He was the author of many works of very unequal merit, of which the best known is ''Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys'', which records his pilgrimages through England
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in rhymed Latin (said by Southey to be the best of modern times), and doggerel English verse. ''The English Gentleman'' (1631) and ''English Gentlewoman'' are in a much more decorous strain. Other works are ''The Golden Fleece'' (1611) (poems), ''The Poet's Willow'', ''A Strappado for the Devil'' (a satire), and ''Art Asleepe, Husband?''
His 1613 book ''The Yong Mans Gleanings'' contains the first known use of the word "computer
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"; he used the word to refer to an "".
An extract from both ''Drunken Barnaby'' and his “epitaph to Frances, (his wife)” appears in ''The Bishoprick Garland
''The Bishoprick Garland'' is a book compiled by Cuthbert Sharp which gives historical details of people, places and events from the Bishopric of Durham, and was published in 1834.
Details
''The Bishoprick Garland'' – (full title – "The Bis ...
'' by (Sir) Cuthbert Sharp
Sir Cuthbert Sharp (1781–1849) was an English soldier, official and antiquary.
Life
The son of Cuthbert Sharp and of Susannah (sister of Brass Crosby), Sharp was an English soldier, official, and shipbuilder. He was born at Hartlepool, County Du ...
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References
*Further reading
* Barbara A. Reed, "Richard Brathwait: A Case Study of Publishing and Conduct Literature in Seventeenth-Century England" (M.A. Thesis, Arizona State University, 2000).External links
* 1588 births 1673 deaths English male poets Geordie songwriters Poets from the Kingdom of England {{Songwriter-stub